Masana
Masana is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon and Chad.
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Massa (or Masana, Masa) is a Chadic language spoken in southern Chad and northern Cameroon by the Masa people. It has approximately 200,000 speakers.
Dialects are Bongor, Bugudum (Budugum), Domo, Gizay, Gumay, Ham, Walia, Wina (Viri), Yagwa.
Kim, a neighbouring language, was once misclassified as Masa.
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Words in Masana
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | sana* | |
| name | sEmda* | |
| eye | irano* | |
| ear | homano* | |
| nose | Ciname* | |
| tooth | siano* | |
| tongue | sinano* | |
| blood | busuna* | |
| bone | sokna* | |
| skin | bakNa* | |
| knee | Nulafano* | |
| breast | mira* | |
| liver | duka* | |
| water | nina* | |
| fire | kuta* | |
| sun | fata* | |
| star | Ciwta* | |
| stone | gorhina* | |
| mountain | hida* | |
| tree | guna* | |
| leaf | humguna* | |
| night | hEnjEta* | |
| dog | dina* | |
| fish | kulufna* | |
| louse | tEnkEdEfna* | |
| one | tum* | |
| two | ma7* | |
| drink | Capo* | |
| see | 8ua* | |
| hear | homa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · masa1322 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mcn